My favorite day of my life

In 1983, when baseball was a new commodity in lower downtown Denver, I was part of history. On that April day I worked at Mile High Stadium as a ticket taker and usher. In attendance were 80,000 plus fans who had been waiting years for baseball to come to Denver. Today it was finally happening.

In 1983, the Colorado Rockies also set the Major League attendance record. 1993 Mile High Stadium, the Rockies averaged 55,350 fans per game during their inaugural year, drew in 4,483,350, fans during the entire season, while doubling the attendance of all other clubs of 2,637,470.

Baseball attendance for all teams in 1993. The Rockies were an expansion team.

Major League Baseball Attendance for 1993

1: Colorado Rockies — 4,483,350
2: Toronto Blue Jays — 4,057,947
3: Atlanta Braves — 3,884,720
4: Baltimore Orioles — 3,644,965
5: Los Angeles Dodgers — 3,170,393
6: Philadelphia Phillies — 3,137,674
7: Florida Marlins — 3,064,847
8: St. Louis Cardinals — 2,844,977
9: Chicago Cubs — 2,653,763
10: San Francisco Giants — 2,606,354
11: Chicago White Sox — 2,581,091
12: Cincinnati Reds — 2,453,232
13: Boston Red Sox — 2,422,021
14: New York Yankees — 2,416,942
15: Texas Rangers — 2,244,616
16: Cleveland Indians — 2,177,908
17: Houston Astros — 2,084,618
18: California Angels — 2,057,460
19: Seattle Mariners —…